Wildcat Weekly

Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s basketball teams dropped their midweek games while weekend action for those two squads and the wrestling team was postponed due to an impending snowstorm.

Last week, Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s basketball teams resumed North Eastern Athletic Conference play, which will dominate the remainder of their schedules, and the men’s squad earned its first conference win of the season.

After a break for the holidays, Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s basketball teams and its wrestling squad returned to action last week going a combined 2-4. North Eastern Athletic Conference basketball action resumes this week.

With the new year upon us, Pennsylvania College of Technology winter sports teams now turn their attention to the spring semester and second half of their respective seasons. The men’s basketball team resumes play at 4 p.m. Thursday at SUNY Delhi, the women’s basketball team picks up at 5 p.m. Thursday at Misericordia University and the wrestling squad hits the mats at 10 a.m. Saturday in the North-South Duals at Ursinus College.

Wrapping up 2018, the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling team went 2-2 and the men’s basketball team 0-2 in nonconference action last week. Both teams, along with the women’s basketball squad, return to action the first week in January.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team gave first-year coach Geoff Hensley a holiday gift last week as it snapped an eight-game losing string and posted its first win of the season. Meanwhile, the college’s wrestling squad went 3-0.

During a light week scheduling-wise because of the Thanksgiving holiday, just one Pennsylvania College of Technology sports team saw action.

Hosting crosstown rival Lycoming College on Tuesday, the Penn College women lost, 63-46, to drop to 0-3. Madison Klock, of Elysburg, led the Wildcats with 17 points. Penn College bench players outscored Lycoming’s bench, 46-12; the Warriors, however, led in points in the paint, 42-12.

The men’s basketball team returns to action at 6 p.m. Monday when it hosts Lycoming at Bardo Gymnasium, and the men’s and women’s hoop teams begin North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Wednesday at College of St. Elizabeth. The college’s wrestlers step back onto the mats Friday at the Messiah College Petrofes Invitational.

The men’s basketball team is set to open. Cross-country runners are prepping for their final event of the season. Wrestling is underway, and the men’s and women’s soccer teams completed their seasons after reaching the North Eastern Athletic Conference semifinals. These are busy times for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletics.

The start of the wrestling season at Pennsylvania College of Technology is just days away and North Eastern Athletic Conference playoffs loom Tuesday for the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

In action over the past week, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams competed Saturday in the NEAC Championships at Lancaster Bible College, with the men placing third among 11 teams in an 8K race and four of its runners earning all-conference honors and the women ending fourth among 11 teams in a 6K race with three individuals among the top 21 and earning all-conference nods, while the fall seasons wrapped up for the men’s golf and women’s volleyball squads.

A busy week is on tap as Pennsylvania College of Technology cross-country runners seek individual and team titles Saturday when they compete in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Championships in Lancaster while the men’s and women’s soccer, golf and women’s volleyball teams wrap up their regular seasons.

As Pennsylvania College of Technology golfers prepare for their North Eastern Athletic Conference Fall Preview showdown, the college’s tennis teams have wrapped up their abbreviated – due to rain – fall seasons.